زلج

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to slipping, sliding, and smooth movement. It extends to concepts of lightness, speed, and also to things that are easily moved or detached, like a door latch or a poorly attached person.

Derived headwords

مَكَانٌ زَلِجٌadjective

1.
slipperyboth
A place that is slippery, prone to causing one to slip.

زَلِجٌadjective

1.
a slippery placeboth
a slippery place

التَّزَلُّجُnoun

1.
slippingboth
The act of slipping or sliding.

يَزْلِجُverb

1.
to slip lightlyboth
To move lightly and quickly on the ground, implying a smooth or slippery motion.

زَلْجًاnoun

1.
light movementboth
The masdar of 'يزلج', referring to a light and swift movement on the ground.

زَلِيجًاnoun

1.
light movementboth
An alternative masdar for 'يزلج', also denoting a light and swift movement.

سَهْمٌ زَالِجٌadjective

1.
slipping offclassical
A description of an arrow that slips or slides off the bowstring easily.

عَطَاءٌ مُزْلِجٌadjective

1.
meager giftclassical
A gift or offering that is small and insignificant, barely enough.

المُزْلِجُnoun

1.
one who clingsclassical
Someone who attaches themselves to a group of people without truly belonging to them.

المِزْلَاجُnoun

1.
latchboth
A door fastening that is operated by hand, distinct from a lock which requires a key.

أَزْلَجْتُ البَابَverb

1.
to latchboth
The past tense verb form meaning to close or secure a door with a latch.

المِزْلَاجُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِadjective

1.
wide-hipped womanclassical
A woman characterized by wide hips, a physical attribute.

Parallel reading

مكان زلج وزلج أيضا بالتحريك.

A place is slippery, and also slippery when vocalized with vowels.

أي زلق.

Meaning slippery.

والتزلج: التزلق.

And 'at-tazalluj' means slipping.

ومر يزلج بالكسر زلجا وزليجا، إذا خف على الأرض.

And he passed by, moving lightly on the ground with a slipping motion, if he was light on the ground.

وسهم زالج: يتزلج عن القوس.

And a slipping arrow: it slips off the bow.

وعطاء مزلج، أي وتح قليل.

And a meager gift, meaning a small amount.

والمزلج أيضا: الملزق بالقوم وليس منهم.

And 'al-muzlij' also refers to one who clings to people and is not one of them.

والمزلاج: المغلاق، إلا أنه يفتح باليد والمغلاق لا يفتح إلا بالمفتاح.

And 'al-mizlaj' is the latch, except that it is opened by hand, while a lock is not opened except by a key.

تقول منه: أزلجت الباب، إذا أغلقته.

You say from it: 'azlaǧtu al-bāb', if you closed it.

والمزلاج من النساء: الرسحاء.

And 'al-mizlaj' among women refers to the wide-hipped one.